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Cycle of 'compulsive consumerism' leaves British family life in crisis, Unicef study finds - Telegraph
with parents working too many hours and feeling too tired to give what their kids desire most, ie quality play time, they are making up by showering them with toys and labeled clothing .Big mistake as kids begin to equate self esteem with owning stuff.i also dont believe they learn to relate to another properly if they are left facing a tv or playing computer games as a means of keeping them quiet.
Its nothing new mind because even as i was a child i was being told children were to be seen and not heard and we could only speak when spoken to .We certainly didnt have the gadgets and mod cons most take for granted today , so, in a sense, its kind of cultural.I remember growing up in Argentina feeling envious of my friends' families because they knew how interact with their kids by including them in the family dynamic.Weekends were special family periods and I was sometimes invited by my best friend's family to their get togethers, including barbecues etc.They were times of joy for me.My father was far to preoccupied with his books ( he had a huge library) and music so the times I intereacted with him were few and far between.I often saw him as a complete stranger and a rather intimidating one at that given his unpredictable and sometimes volcanic temper.
Anyway the issue for me is not so much about the things that parents give their kids but the quality time they spend with them
with parents working too many hours and feeling too tired to give what their kids desire most, ie quality play time, they are making up by showering them with toys and labeled clothing .Big mistake as kids begin to equate self esteem with owning stuff.i also dont believe they learn to relate to another properly if they are left facing a tv or playing computer games as a means of keeping them quiet.
Its nothing new mind because even as i was a child i was being told children were to be seen and not heard and we could only speak when spoken to .We certainly didnt have the gadgets and mod cons most take for granted today , so, in a sense, its kind of cultural.I remember growing up in Argentina feeling envious of my friends' families because they knew how interact with their kids by including them in the family dynamic.Weekends were special family periods and I was sometimes invited by my best friend's family to their get togethers, including barbecues etc.They were times of joy for me.My father was far to preoccupied with his books ( he had a huge library) and music so the times I intereacted with him were few and far between.I often saw him as a complete stranger and a rather intimidating one at that given his unpredictable and sometimes volcanic temper.
Anyway the issue for me is not so much about the things that parents give their kids but the quality time they spend with them